SMA mouse model with muSRK-015P (apitegromab on a mouse IgG1 backbone) plus SMN splice modulator SMN-C1
“Inhibition of myostatin activation by muSRK-015P, the parenteral version of apitegromab on a mouse IgG1 backbone, in combination with a small molecule SMN splice modulator (SMN-C1), increased muscle size and function in a mouse model of SMA.”
Myostatin at least 96% and the epitope 100% conserved across the five species tested, with similar binding (2-8 nM)
“showed binding to promyostatin from all five species with affinities between 2 and 8nM (Table 48). The sequence of myostatin is at least 96% conserved among these species, and the epitope for apitegromab within myostatin is 100% conserved among these species.”